David Gillis

BIO:

David Gillis is an Interaction Designer at Teehan+Lax, a Toronto-basedcompany that helps clients define and design great user experiences inthe digital channel. There, he's done award-winning informationarchitecture and design work for clients like AOL, AIR MILES, JohnHancock and Virgin Mobile.

David's passion for interaction design has been informed by a widerange of interests and experiences, both academic and professional. Inschool, he took a multi-disciplinary approach, combining studies incommunication, cognitive science and systems design. He holds BachelorDegrees in Math and English, and a Masters Degree in InformationSystems and Knowledge Media Design.

Areas of ongoing interest and investigation for David areevidence-based design (how can designers strike a better balancebetween intuition and formal inquiry), participatory design (how candesigners better engage their clients and end-users in collaborativeprocesses), and holistic design (how can we better design experiencesthat span across multiple modes, touch points and platforms).